The Unilever consumer goods transnational held the Unilever Forum: Sustainable Businesses in Santo Domingo last week. The forum including some of the leading lights in the Dominican environmental community: Radhames Martines from the National Young Entrepreneurs Association (ANJE); Jake Kheel from Punta Cana Foundation and Eco-Red and David Alvarez the academic vice-rector of the Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM-STA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the event, panelists called for the creation of a \u201ccircular\u201d economy that will be sustainable and reduce the environmental impact and provide a better quality of life for the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rodrigo Sotomayor, the vice president for the Unilever Caribbean region, told the audience that Unilever is trying to reduce the environmental footprint of its products. He said that Unilever is very conscious of the linear model of consumption of its products and thus the push for introducing the circular economy for plastics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The corporation says that the3R Principle: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle is the basic concept behind a circular economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n